[streuselmama]

We just saw a naturopath and had an electro-dermal scan on my 4 yo DD. Several stressors/food triggers came up, and I'm having to rethink our entire diet. I'm really overwhelmed by this - DD has always been a VERY picky eater and I'm not sure how to transition us.

Here's the top triggers to avoid that she commonly eats:
almonds
cheddar cheese
cane sugar
cow's milk
beef
buckwheat
cashews
chocolate and cocoa
egg whites
gluten - wheat, barley, millet, rye and oat
pork
white potato
rice

These are also largely her favorite foods. Can anyone suggest good resources to check? I'm substituting goat's milk right now, and that seems to be going well. The gluten issue is really throwing me off, though.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[kallyn]

Get the book The Garden of Eating by Rachel Albert-Matesz. Every single one of the recipes is gluten- dairy- and sugar-free!

 

[eirual]

I believe Quinoa is gluten-free, and you can get flours that are tooo (spelt and others I believe) Quinoa is a great rice substitute and you can get flakes of it that can be made into a hot cereal (oatmeal-like). You could maybe do eggsald sandwiches with just the yolks and some mayo, maybe celery to replace the whites?? on sprouted breads (Ezikiel)....I think those are gluten fre??

Sweet potatoes are a great substitue for white potatoes. Is rapadura considered cane sugar...probably.

 

[cathe]

I moved this to allergies forum because I think you'll get more help.

"Food Allergy Survival Guide" is a great book and gives lots of recipe free of common allergens - and they taste good too.

 

[wendy1221]

Millet does NOT have gluten. Are you avoiding millet b/c it's an allergen or b/c it mistakenly got on your gluten conatining list? B/c it definitely does NOT contain gluten. HTH!

 

[streuselmama]

Cathe - thanks for switching my post!
Wendy1221 - millet must have gotten on there by mistake. To be honest, I don't know much about gluten at all. Lots of research to do!

DD is so picky I was happy just covering the basic food groups. I also do lots and lots of whole grains, so the kids get a taste for them rather than the white bread I grew up with. Now I'm second-guessing myself on everything while I try to learn more. Ugh!

Can you tell I'm treading into new waters here?

 

[circlemama]

Is your child reacting to these foods? If so, what are her symptoms. Perhaps, a rotation diet while you phase these foods out at a gradual pace.

 

[kallyn]

http://www.foodyoucaneat.com/

You can customize to show only recipes that fit into your own personal guidelines.

 

[NoMariposa]

Well, to help with the Gluten Free and Casein Free you can check out www.gfcfdiet.com
Google Gluten Free and you'll be set there.
I have a son with Celiac and he is GF and was CF for years prior. I must say though the GF and CF together is a real challenge, but doable.
Adding to that sugar (and quite frankly, if cane sugar is out, don't go subbing HFCS - high fructose corn syrup, it's just bad stuff)
Beat Sugar is used in Europe a lot.
I hope you like baking... Millet flour, Quinoa flour, corn starch, tapioca starch, sorghum flour(my personal favorite), beat sugar, date sugar, stevia, egg replacer, and soy milk... Use a recipe from a trusted source, b/c internet recipes have not been tested like book recipes and there are some real yucky recipes out there and the expense of flours and special ingredients is just too high to play around with!!!
I don't like soy milk, but your options are out for almond, oat, multigrain or rice... Be careful with soy cheeses, they sometimes have caseinates in them making them not diary free. If goats milk is okay, then great.
Don't forget about cross contamination issues.
There are soy nut butter and peanut butter which are good on gluten free crackers made from corn. I make bread from sorghum flour (the recipe is on-line at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SillyYaks/. Pure fruit spreads are hard to find, but can be found if you look really hard.
GF Pasta is usually rice, but corn can be found. It's often brown rice, so if brown rice is in, it will be easier.
Sweet potatos are just a really good for you food, since whiye is out.
The first 2 wks of change will be the hardest on your dd, the palate must adjust. After that, it should get easier every day, with room for some fits on bad days.
My ds is 4 and has been GF for almost a year. We never had any complaints, but he had pain eating gluten, so we always told him "this won't hurt your tummy it does not have wheat or gluten in it." And now he ask if something has wheat in it or gluten. We had a hard time just getting him to eat period, I think he was afraid it was going to hurt. Now we're good, but it's been a journey.
HTH some...

 

[Chanley]

www.glutenchallenge.com

 

[talia rose]

just a note that my entire family is gluten intolerant, and millet IS included in that list. many gluten intolerant people are also sensitive to millet. also spelt, quinoa, buckwheat, amaranth. what many people think has no gluten tests bad on many gluten senstive people. so just be sure to figure out what really works for you and your family and not go by anyone elses claims on what is or is not gluten....

 

[streuselmama]

Circlemama - yes, she does exhibit symptoms, but they're more subtle. Some days she seems fine, but others she is unfocused, disorganized, and just not able to participate in activities as normal. There is clearly a disconnect somewhere - it is difficult to get her to focus even when you are at eye level right in front of her. The disorganized days are happening more and more. Even on good days, she often complained that her tummy hurt and had trouble with BMs. I stupidly attributed the tummy aches to gassiness.

The naturopath feels that it is the load of stressors on a given day - some days, she has too many triggers and is thrown all out of balance. The more I can eliminate the triggers, the better off she'll be.

 

[streuselmama]

NoMariposa - thanks so much for all this information! We've been trying to avoid HFCS and food dyes, so I've been baking more and more. I guess I'll have to haul out our bread machine, now that our store-bought organic whole wheat and flax bread is out. Is beet sugar really that different from cane sugar? I saw cane sugar come up on that list and immediately thought all sugar was out. I've never used stevia before - can you substitute it in recipes calling for sugar?

Thanks!

 

[streuselmama]

Really, I don't think I can express how grateful I am to the wise women who have responded to my post. I know this is small potatoes compared to some, but I still feel overwhelmed. I have a newfound respect for mamas of allergic babes - the thoughtfulness you must have over every aspect of your diet is incredible.

I just wanted to say thank you to all of you!